Table 33: Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation

Low-Cost Carriers
Ranked by First Quarter 2007 Performance

(Salary + Benefits in Dollars)

2007 Rank	Low-Cost	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Change 2002-2007
1	Southwest	61,198	65,446	77,623	86,772	95,555	98,654	37,456
2	ATA	49,112	57,860	66,285	70,273	82,914	87,526	38,414
3	JetBlue	62,116	61,939	63,740	62,448	64,601	74,167	12,051
4	Spirit	47,844	54,462	59,049	66,301	70,980	72,624	24,780
5	AirTran	46,582	48,700	50,669	56,385	59,637	62,863	16,281
6	America West	53,912	59,133	61,612	63,772	64,158	60,334	6,422
7	Frontier	50,215	48,700	49,253	55,237	55,432	58,566	8,351
	7-Carrier Average	56,534	61,039	68,252	73,656	78,759	81,221	24,687

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.